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Ty Tabor

Biography

Ty Tabor ( TAY-bur; born September 17, 1961) is an American musician. He is the lead guitarist, songwriter, and co-lead vocalist for the hard rock band King's X. Tabor has a wide-ranging guitar style, from big guitar riffs to middling melodic passages. His use of volume swells and ambient passages add an elemental texture to his compositions. He names his main influences as the Beatles, Allan Holdsworth, Johnny Winter, Ace Frehley, Mel Galley, Brian May, Joe Perry, Mick Box, Buck Dharma, Steve Marriott, Dave Davies, Pete Townshend, Mark Farner, John Fogerty, Alex Lifeson, Phil Keaggy, and the original Alice Cooper band. In 2008, Tabor was added to the guitar show "Chop Shop's" list of "Top 100 Most Complete Guitar Players of All Time" at number 84.

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Discography

Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Credited work

487 releases · 73 albums · active 1984–2025

  • Performance · 1,105
  • Other credits · 184
  • Engineering · 158
  • Mastering · 140
  • Production · 102

Studios: Rampart Studios · Alien Beans Studio · Southern Tracks · Hound Pound

Frequent collaborators

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